Monday, 16 January 2017

My husband and I had the pleasure of visiting the new
Breathless Riviera this January.It is a
fairly new upscale resort that tries to appeal to a younger trendy crowd.The average patron age seemed to be about
30-45.

If your more of a visual person please check out our YouTube
channel for our video review:

You will be hard pressed to find a more beautiful
resort!The resort has a modern, sleek,
clean, trendy and upscale feel.Clean
white lines and glass, infinite pools with views of the
ocean. One of which has a literal unobstructed view with a clear acrylic ledge.

The waves are calm but the beach (sand) area is long, narrow
and rocky so we didn’t spend much time there.The 3 large pools and 2 Jacuzzi pools made up for it. They are all large beautiful and well
staffed.

THE FOOD

There are several a la carte restaurants with their own
specialty (Italian, French, Pan-Asian, Mexican, Mediterranean, and
Japanese)None of which require a
reservation unless you want the hibachi experience at the Japanese restaurant.FYI, men you will need to bring a pair of
pants as most of the restaurants have a dress code and do not allow
shorts.There is also a 24 buffet which
we frequented most often for obvious reasons.The quality of food really impressed me as most buffets usually seem to
be the worst of the worst.The
bartenders can make any drink and top shelf alcohol flows freely which is a
nice bonus.

THE SERVICE

The staff here is very friendly and always willing to help
regardless of whether it is their job or not...they will work to find you the
answer and/or the help you need.

Maid service comes around 3 times a day so no matter what
time you leave your room it will be cleaned at some point.

ENTERTAINMENT

There is always some sort of entertainment going on during
the day in the “party pool”: Foam parties, dance lessons, soccer, beach
volleyball and pool games.If you want
some quiet time the farthest of the pools is the “quiet area”It has a lot of water mattresses and gazebos
where you can lounge and catch some zzz’s.There are also a few fire pits, a Jacuzzi and bar to grab drinks.

The best part is that there are so many options available
for nightlife.The purple roof top
lounge is absolutely gorgeous with a view of the entire resort, a hookah bar
with swings and an open air bar.There
are nightly shows in the theatre as well as a nightclub open until 3 am.

So let’s move on to the cons...

FIRST IMPRESSION

To get to the resort you have to drive down a treacherous 2
mile stretch in your shuttle bus.We’re talking
4 foot potholes, craters and hills surrounded by swamp. If they offer an ATV excursion they may as
well do it there.It was a definite deterrent
as to why we chose not to venture off the resort and explore the local area
around it.

ROOM SERVICE

We ordered room service for one meal every day and EVERY.
DAY. THEY. GOT. IT. WRONG.

MUSIC

The slogan of the resort is “welcome to the party” and I
think their idea of party means dance music.All day, every day.I have
nothing against dance music but it would be nice to hear a variety.You will get some relief if you go to the
nightclub which will throw in some top 40 but if your partying at the pool
during the day it’s Jersey Shore fist bump 24/7.

Overall we both had an amazing time.The quality of resort is great for the price
and yes...I would consider visiting again :)